Comments on: 2023 Time Tracking Challenge: Day 3 — Wednesday is not the middle of the week https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/01/2023-time-tracking-challenge-day-3-wednesday-is-not-the-middle-of-the-week/ Writer, Author, Speaker Fri, 20 Jan 2023 20:12:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Cb https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/01/2023-time-tracking-challenge-day-3-wednesday-is-not-the-middle-of-the-week/#comment-429858 Sat, 14 Jan 2023 09:23:37 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18939#comment-429858 In reply to Laura Vanderkam.

I miss octonauts. We went to the aquarium in Lisbon and T was full of fun facts and my dad asked how he knew so much…. Octonauts.

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/01/2023-time-tracking-challenge-day-3-wednesday-is-not-the-middle-of-the-week/#comment-429779 Fri, 13 Jan 2023 21:23:49 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18939#comment-429779 In reply to Lori C.

@Lori C – both. For sure!

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/01/2023-time-tracking-challenge-day-3-wednesday-is-not-the-middle-of-the-week/#comment-429778 Fri, 13 Jan 2023 21:23:33 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18939#comment-429778 In reply to Nicole Vinson.

@Nicole – yep if it is Wednesday it is breakfast for dinner night! Total 5 stars for Octonauts. One of my favorites for sure. He just found Steve and Maggie and I am not a fan of that…

]]> By: Nicole Vinson https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/01/2023-time-tracking-challenge-day-3-wednesday-is-not-the-middle-of-the-week/#comment-429657 Fri, 13 Jan 2023 11:23:25 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18939#comment-429657 When you post days like this, I feel like I know your whole family. Longtime readers know about the breakfast for dinner on Wednesday nights and when you listed the eggs, it instantly made me think- Oh – Wednesday at Laura’s. Another idea I have been meaning to borrow from her.

I just had to reply about two relatable topics.

I have some great airline miles because the dog had to have an expensive vet visit for eating homemade (fun nanny day made) playdough. I believe the reason was the that the salt content is toxic and so is the cream de tar tar. So now we have a strict ban on the dough (and raisins) for the love of the dog and I am not sad about it. And so glad the dog was ok. She ate a lot of rainbow dough!!!! Not suggesting everyone ban the dough, but could be a loophole for other readers if they need a “reason” that a kid can understand. We don’t have the dough because we have the dog 🙂

And a word about the Octonauts. 5 stars. Nobel prize worthy. Love it. I haven’t read the original books for the series but the show gets an amazing review from me. Very cool plots, great new vocab, funny named characters and pretty enthralling episodes. I hope this continues to be what my daughter has as her fav! Hope Henry likes it too!

]]> By: Lori C https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/01/2023-time-tracking-challenge-day-3-wednesday-is-not-the-middle-of-the-week/#comment-429544 Fri, 13 Jan 2023 00:19:20 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18939#comment-429544 I love the narrative of your day. I feel like we get to know the real Laura 🙂 the Starbucks incident was oh so relatable. I bet you wanted to laugh (or cry? Both?)

]]> By: Stephanie Ouellette https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/01/2023-time-tracking-challenge-day-3-wednesday-is-not-the-middle-of-the-week/#comment-429511 Thu, 12 Jan 2023 22:06:15 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18939#comment-429511 In reply to Laura Vanderkam.

That’s when I know it’s bedtime! Ugh is right.

]]> By: Smi https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/01/2023-time-tracking-challenge-day-3-wednesday-is-not-the-middle-of-the-week/#comment-429483 Thu, 12 Jan 2023 19:35:17 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18939#comment-429483 Hello, I love your write up. Would you mind sharing it in the excel format as I have so many doubts about how to fill it up? If you come home at 5:20 and work for 25 minutes which time slot do you mark it? If something extends beyond the 30 minutes, do you merge the two rows or duplicate them? Such kind of questions. I know you have asked us to fill it the way we feel best, but seeing this log in a tabular format would help me immensely! Thanks!

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/01/2023-time-tracking-challenge-day-3-wednesday-is-not-the-middle-of-the-week/#comment-429421 Thu, 12 Jan 2023 13:59:28 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18939#comment-429421 In reply to Amanda.

@Amanda – Play-doh has its charms, but not when it is an accessory to a toddler tantrum…

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/01/2023-time-tracking-challenge-day-3-wednesday-is-not-the-middle-of-the-week/#comment-429420 Thu, 12 Jan 2023 13:58:57 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18939#comment-429420 In reply to Cb.

@Cb – yeah, the “retired my wife” language is a bit…off-putting. I’m willing to bet I make more than a lot of the gentlemen who brag of having retired their wives, and yet this would never be part of my mindset. It would not occur to me to ever use this language with somebody who is supposed to be your partner!

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/01/2023-time-tracking-challenge-day-3-wednesday-is-not-the-middle-of-the-week/#comment-429419 Thu, 12 Jan 2023 13:57:02 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18939#comment-429419 In reply to Holly.

@Holly – re-entering the workforce can be challenging. I’m glad you were able to make it work and I totally agree that people need to stop viewing “gaps” in the way that they tend to do. No one lost their brain or work ethic caring for kids! The Twitter conversation was as these things go…lots of anonymous people saying silly things 🙂

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